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The British government convened the First Round Table Conference in London to deliberate on Indian constitutional reforms, though deliberations proceeded without the Indian National Congress, which chose to boycott the talks.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East delivered death sentences to wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and several key officials for war crimes adjudicated at the close of World War II.
NASA pushed spaceflight boundaries with the launch of the STS-2 mission aboard Columbia, marking the historic first reuse of a crewed orbital spacecraft.
Following the passing of Emperor Hirohito, Crown Prince Akihito formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as Japan’s 125th Emperor in a traditional enthronement ceremony.
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport witnessed one of American aviation’s darkest moments when Flight 587 went down shortly after takeoff, claiming 265 lives.
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